LARKANA: The Sindh National Party, District Larkana Chapter, on Tuesday observed a black day and token hunger strike against the target killings in Karachi.

Addressing the protesters, Nasarullah Abro, Manzoor Abbasi, and Aslam Shaikh said people were being killed on the pretext of target killings. A Karachi-based ethnic party was involved in the killings of innocent people whereas the government was carrying out an operation against the Baloch in Lyari, they claimed.

Dr Qadir Magsi said a Karachi-based party was involved in target killings due to which its activists were also being killed. Meanwhile, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Chairman, Sindh National Front, said the Pakistan Peopleís Party and the MQM would not separate from each other. “The MQM enjoys the government’s support and residents of interior Sindh and of Karachi are facing double torture,” said the former chief minister.